The Pittsburgh AIHA would like to thank FirstEnergy Corporation for their continued support as a Corporate Sponsor. They have renewed their sponsorship for 2022!   Thank you to Darrick Bertig and Michelle Baber for their membership!  

New Member - Alexis Malovich - FedEx Ground - graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2015 with her BS in Safety Management. Upon graduation she was a Safety and Training Coordinator for a composite plastics manufacture in Leetsdale, Pa where she implemented and maintained a Safety Management System. Currently she is a member of the Safer Workplace team at FedEx Ground (Pittsburgh, Pa) where she gets to implement and continually improve safety programs.  Alexis recently passed the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) examination. On her free time, she enjoys being outside. Alexis is married and has a little one on the way!

New member - Chris Koslin - Alpine EHS, LLC - is a BCSP Certified Safety Professional and an Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer for the construction industry, a HSI First Aid/ CPR trainer, Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control, and a Georgia Level 1 stormwater trainer with 18 years in the EHS field. He holds Masters degrees in both Sustainability, and Occupational Health and Safety with a concentration in Environmental Management. He is also a disabled Airborne Infantry veteran. 


New member - ​Catherine Crott - Alpine EHS, LLC - is an industrial hygienist with a CIH certification, BCSP Certified Safety Professional. She has experience with a wide variety of industrial hygiene and safety topics, including noise, ergonomics, confined space, respiratory protection, and asbestos. Catherine is an AHERA certified management planner, supervisor, and inspector, as well as NIOSH 582 certified.  She is currently in her last semester of her Masters of Science in Industrial Hygiene from Montana Technical University.

New member - Julia Badamo - Student at Ohio University with upcoming graduation in April 2022 with a degree in Occupational Health, Hygiene, and Safety, as well as a minor in Environmental Health Science. During Julia's 2021 summer internship she gained valuable experience in the field with Vertiv as a Health and Safety Intern. She is looking forward to starting her career in this great field and joining the IH community professionally.  

New member - Fred McGuigan, MS, CIH - Risk Assessment Services, LLC - Fred has spent over 35 years in industrial hygiene after graduating from University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health in 1983. Experience includes work with private industry, universities, and government (military) in six different states. Has returned to Pittsburgh and is starting a consulting business with wife Nina. Primary focus is on workplace assessments.   

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New member - Meghan Swanson, Ph.D., CIH has over 18 years of safety industry experience developing personal protective equipment and gas detection instrumentation.  Her expertise in the generation and verification of precise gas mixtures led to development of the MSA Optimair TL PAPR and MSA XCell catalytic bead sensor, and she was recognized as the 2021 Inventor of the Year by the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association.  Meghan received her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. 
  
Other new members who have recently joined the Pittsburgh AIHA include:

• Alexis Aiello
• Megan Schink
• Matt Kovach
• Shannon O'Brien
• Elizabeth Fernandez
• Troy Eustace
• Jared Smith
• Benjamin Weilerstein